Novitec McLaren Elva, 2023. The German tuner has revealed their version of McLaren's roofless hypercar that has been boosted to produce 907hp thanks to its N-Tronic module with revised mapping for the fuel injection, ignition, and electronic boost pressure control. There are also new wheels and somehow they have managed to lower the car by 20mm
The McLaren Elva is a car in the company’s line that lives up to the luxury history of the brand. Of course, you’ll need at least $1.7 million to cover the starting price.
The car isn’t anything to scoff at, either. It has a shocking 800 horsepower and runs on a 4..0-liter V8 twin-turbocharged engine. You’ll want a garage to keep it in, though, as it doesn’t have a roof or windshield.
A car that needs no destination. Or racetrack. Created to deliver nothing but the purest possible driving experience. Uncompromised pleasure. The McLaren Elva… born to heighten every sense and build the closest connection between driver, car and the elements. Impossibly light. Intoxicatingly powerful. Split-second agility.The Elva pushes our daring design language forward. And proudly embraces the principles set down by Bruce McLaren’s original race-conquering open-top sports cars of the 1960s – the M1A, M1B and M1C. Just like our latest Ultimate Series, the original road-going ‘Elvas’ were lightweight, open-roofed, mid-engined… and single-mindedly created to deliver a driving experience of exhilarating purity.The Elva takes you to the razor-edge of driver engagement. Nothing connects you more closely to the thrill. The view forward is always epic… there is no roof or windscreen to get in the way. The feeling of space and blurring scenery won’t be forgotten. The Active Air Management System doesn’t let turbulence spoil the moment either. This is the most agile McLaren yet. Responses and feedback raise the game to a whole new level. And fully harness the ferocious potential of a 4.0L Twin-turbocharged V8 with 815PS with 800NM of torque – thundering its richer soundtrack into the cockpit thanks to the bespoke quad exhaust system. This almost supernatural agility is also down to Proactive Chassis Control II, which delivers sublime handling on the road or track. Electro-hydraulic steering is full of feel and adds to the intense sense of connection. So does the unique suspension with bespoke tuning. Sintered Carbon Ceramic brakes provide mind-bending stopping power.
La McLaren Elva è un’auto di lusso fatta da McLaren. È famosa per il suo design unico e per non avere parabrezza. Questo la rende unica per chi ama guidare senza limiti.
Ha un motore potente e una velocità alta. Così, l’esperienza di guida è incredibile. La McLaren Elva è perfetta per chi cerca emozioni forti.
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Supercar esclusiva e senza parabrezza
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Mclaren Elva in the Scottish snowy hills. Post - 03
I reduced the lens flare effect in post processing. . I added the HDRI to sky light (approaching_storm) . I rotated the HDR until I felt it made the car look better. Then it was time to go back to the background hills. I downloaded some large terrains from MegaScan, and I placed them in the scene. Then I moved them until I felt they looked good in the scene. Once work on the terrain was complete I started to work on the clouds and fog. I started to tweak the values of Volumetric cloud changed the layer bottom altitude and layer height until the point it looked right to me. Next was Exponential height fog where I changed the setting of fog density, fog height falloff, fog max opacity, made very small tweaks to these. I did some things to this scene to make it better. I rotated the front wheel of my car around 10 degrees and added road marks. It now looks complete.
1st set of background hills.
2nd set of background hills.
3rd set of background hills.
4th set of background hills.
However there is still more work to be done on the lighting, background hills and also the car paint material.
After some more tweaking to the background. Below is the result.
Next up material and lighting.
For material i decided to download the car paint material.
Below is the final result after tweaking material and lighting.
Upon showing my project to an industry professional whose name I prefer not to disclose, I realized that there were some areas that required attention to enhance its overall quality. The suggested improvements were as follows:
Adjust the camera's focal length.
Address issues with the wheels, calipers, and disc.
Provide more space for the car to breathe in the environment and consider the framing of the image. A longer lens could be used, and reference material should be consulted.
Eliminate the rocks from the scene, extend the gravel, and use lighting during the golden hour to improve reflections and contrast.
Reduce the number of lights.
Darken the AO shadow towards the wheels where light is lacking.
After implementing these changes, I added a touch of chromatic aberration and film grain to achieve a more realistic appearance. It is important to note that the final result was rendered using Lumen in Unreal 5.2 preview version, which has shown significant advancements in its development.
Below is the Final result
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